Any documents support lyme as a cause of frontal lobe dementia?
Posted by joalo (Member # 12752) on :
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Posted by Remember to Smile (Member # 25481) on :
Try looking up research done by Dr M of NY. He found the Lyme Bb spirochete in the brains of 7 out of 10 deceased Alzheimer's patients. I think the research was linked to Yale?
Posted by Remember to Smile (Member # 25481) on :
Dear hshbmom, I found valuable links to neuropsychiatric Lyme info via this website:
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Posted by bcb1200 (Member # 25745) on :
Well..I can give you my direct experience. I'm a 35 yo male. I didn't get diagnosed until 5/3. Before that I had a brain MRI. It was "normal" with the exception of a slight suggestion of "bilateral cortical atrophy of the parietal lobe." This is basically a type of dimentia.
I then had a spect scan. It was abnormal...luckily the pattern was not indicative of alzheimers or dimentia. But it does make sense now that I know I have lyme.
Posted by bcb1200 (Member # 25745) on :
I think brain mri's and especially spects are good for lyme.
Dr. B even references them as typically spects will be abnormal with lyme.
My eeg was normal.
Finding an ll neuro is good. But if you can't, go to a regular neuro and get it anyway. Just take your results to your llmd.
I found out I had lyme they day I had my spect. When I followed up with my neuro, he said the spct was abnormal and he wanted to do a spinal tap to find out why. I said "no thanks" I know I have lyme as I tested positive and this all makes sense.
I'm on day 22 of treatment and am feeling a bit better. Most of my symtpoms are mild neuro (ear, eye, dizziness, leg twitching)
I'm feeling the best I have in 4 months this week. Hope this is a good sign that I'll make a full recovery.
Posted by hshbmom (Member # 9478) on :
Thanks to each of you who have responded. I appreciate it!
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